The martyr of beauty … or the beauty of the martyr? by Antonio Ortega

Antonio Ortega’s 2017 Spring-Summer collection is inspired by the notions of hybrids, beauty and the martyr.

The elegance of the 1930s affronts the pictorial esthetic of a crucified Christ.

The collection exposes two universes at first glance utterly contrasted, through constructions, cuts, flowing lines and stained glass beadwork. Frenetic creation where lashes of a whip, either planned and carefully thought through, or completely spontaneous and unexpected, expose traces of the designer’s draft notes and patterns.